Log imports to China up, plywood exports to US down
17 October 2017Log imports to China in H1, 2017 reached 26 million m3, an increase of 8.3% in volume and 14% in value. New Zealand and Russia were the main sources of logs.
Plywood imports from China into the US have tumbled since the US introduced preliminary anti-dumping duties on Chinese hardwood plywood.
In July, only 49,820m3 of hardwood plywood were imported from China, down 41% from June. Year-to-date imports from China declined 5% vs July 2016.
